Helmuth Pehlke

Professor of Old Testament for the Bonn, Germany Extension

Education

• Th.D. in Semitics and Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1985
• Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1978
• Dip. in English language, Royal Society of Arts, London, UK, 1970
• Dip. in English language and literature, University of Cambridge extension, 1969
• Dip. in Theology, Theological Division of Bibelschule Bergstrasse, 1968
• Dip. in Missions, Bibelschule Brake, 1966

Teaching Experience

• Co-Promoter, Old Testament Department, University Kampen, Holland, 2000-2009
• Chair of Semitics and Old Testament, Freie Theologische Akademie, Giessen, 1987-2005
• Professor of Semitics and Old Testament, Freie Theologische Akademie, Giessen, 1983-2005
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Semitics and Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1980-83
• Assistant for Textual Criticism and Ugaritic, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1978-80
• Lecturer of Bible and Evangelism, Bibelschule Bergstrasse, 1970-75

Ministry Experience

• Chaplain, Christian guest house, 1970
• Chaplain for different tourist groups to Israel
• Counselor in youth camps, tent missions
• Summer missions work in former communist Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
• Speaker at revival meetings, numerous churches, conferences, summer camps and retreats

Publications/Research Projects

• "Eschatologie im Alten Testament." BSB journal (online) 2, 2011, 38-51.
• Raymoud R. Hausoul/ Thomas Ehlert, Die Propheten Haggai und Maleachi. Ed. H. Pehlke. Edition C Altes Testament. Witten:R. Brockhaus, 2011.
• Winfried Meissner, Die Buecher Joel & Obadja. Ed. H. Pehlke. Edition C Altes Testament. Holzgerlingen: Haenssler, 2001.
• Hans-Georg Wuench, Das Buch Rut. Ed. H. Pehlke. Edition C Altes Testament. Holzgerlingen: Haenssler, 1998.
• "Anmerkungen zu Gen 9:6" (exegetical remarks to Gen 9:6). In: Sprache lieben - Gottes Wort verstehen. Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese. FS for Heinrich von Siebenthal. Giessen and Basel: Brunnen, 2011, pp. 75-86.
• M. Dreytza, Das Buch Micha. Edition C Altes Testament. Ed. Helmuth Pehlke. Witten: SCM Brockhaus, 2009.
• Helmuth Pehlke, "Erzählliteratur in der Bibel." (Narrative Literature in the Bible.) Impulse, May 2010, p. 5-6.
• "Faith and Conduct in the Old Testament", Southwestern Journal of Theology 48 (2005) S. 51-67.
• "Sind die alttestamentlichen Gesetze für den Christen verbindlich?" /Der Evangelist/ 2, 2006, 8-15.
• Senior Editor of Edition C Altes Testament (42 volume commentary of the Old Testament), 1996-present.
• Essay on “Faith and Behavior in the Old Testament,” Jahrbuch für Evangelikale Theologie (2005).
• Book-review/editor, Jahrbuch für Evagelikale Theologie, 1988-2000
• Articles in a multi-volume Bible dictionary
  • “King and Kingdom,” “Leviticus,” “Moses,” “Solomon” and “Crime and Punishment”
• „Anmerkungen zur Exegese des Dekalogs” (Remarks on the Exegesis of the Decalogue) in Begründung ethischer Normen (Wuppertal, 1998).
• „Das Verhältnis der Archäologie zur Exegese, dargestellt an drei Beispielen“ (The Relationship between archaeology and exegesis) in Jahrbuch für Evangelikale Theologie 10 (1996): 7-32.
• „Der Versuch einer heilsgeschichtlichen Einordnung von Matthäus 24 and 25“ (An attempt to position Matthew 24 and 25 in Salvation History) Bibel und Gemeinde.
• Die Geschichte Israel: Ein Königreich von Priestern (A History of Old Testament History) (Hänssler, 2001).
• „Schriftlichkeit im Alten Vorderen Orient und im Alten Testament“ (Literacy in the Ancient Near East and in teh Old Testament) in Zur Umwelt des Alten Testaments: 12-41.
• „Bünde im Alten Vorderen Orient und im Alten Testament“ (Covenants and Treaties in the Ancient Near East and in the Old Testament) in Zur Umwelt des Alten Testaments: 76-113.
• „Propheten im Alten Vorderen Orient und im Alten Testament“ )Prophets in the Ancient Near East and in the Old Testament) in Zur Umwelt des Alten Testaments: 154-187.
• Editor of Zur Umwelt des Alten Testaments (The World of the old Testament) (Hänssler Verlag, 2002).
• Numerous book reviews in national and international journals.

Societies

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft für evangelikale Theologie (AfeT)
• Facharbeitsgruppe Altes Testament (FAGAT)
• Federation of European Evangelical Theologians (FEET)
• Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)
• Society for Biblical Literature (SBL)
• Institute for Biblical Research (IBR)
• American School of Oriental Research (ASOR)